Socialiting

I write as dinner is cooking on the stove.

This week was a typical work week; nothing much to report. Friday evening I went out to have a delicious Thai dinner with some coworkers in Newtown, an inner west suburb with lots of restaurants, pubs, etc. We are a very international bunch - represented at dinner were the US (me), the Philippines (part me, plus another coworker), China, Nepal, UK, Korea, Indonesia, and India. None of the actual aussie coworkers were able to make it, oddly enough. I don't get much time to talk to a lot of them during the day, so it was nice to get to know some of them better. Since we have a blue button-down shirt for our uniform, which some of us were wearing, we got asked if we worked for Harvey Norman (the Australian equivalent of Best Buy), which apparently happened the last time they all went out too. 

Saturday we went for a typical bike ride through Centennial Park. There was some kind of festival going on in part of the park with live music so this time we were serenaded with "Killing Me Softly" as we ate our sandwiches, which was kind of random but nice.

Saturday afternoon we met up with some frisbee friends who were doing a pub crawl in Newtown. I hadn't been to Newtown ever before, and now this weekend I've been there twice. It was a very easy-going, yet punctual pub crawl (two adjectives that don't usually go along with that kind of thing, or with each other). 

From there we headed back to our neighborhood for a birthday get-together at our trivia couple friends' apartment. We just thought we would just have a drink or two, have a little conversation, and then head home. We ended up staying there pretty late and having great time with them and their friends. The food spread was amazing since the couple actually sells some organic treats at one of the local farmers' markets - cheeses, fruits, veggies, dips, chocolates, and even a passionfruit goji berry vegan cheesecake. 

Today we ran errands all over town and the daylight just disappeared all too fast. At one point, when we were near Central Station, we found ourselves surrounded by thousands of people in a rally/march against the government budget cuts. Coming from the DC area, this kind of thing seems like business as usual. Conveniently, the march was headed in the direction we were, so we started walking with them for just about a block. I assume we are now in some international stock footage. 

That about sums it up. More weekend, please.